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1872 Troy Haymakers Season
The Troy Haymakers played their final season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fifth in the league with a record of 15–10. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched, IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' References1872 Troy Haymakers season at Baseball Reference Troy Haymakers seasons Troy Haymakers Season, 1872 Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haymakers' Grounds
Haymakers' Grounds was a baseball grounds in Troy, New York. It was home to the Troy Haymakers of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, National Association from 1871 in sports, 1871 to 1872 in sports, 1872 and home to the Troy Trojans (MLB team), Troy Trojans of the National League from 1880 in sports, 1880 to 1881 in sports, 1881. The NL club played home games at Putnam Grounds, Troy, in 1879, and at Troy Ball Club Grounds, Watervliet, in 1882. References Haymakers' Grounds in Troy*Retrosheet Retrieved 2006-09-04. Defunct baseball venues in the United States Sports venues in Rensselaer County, New York Baseball venues in New York (state) Defunct sports venues in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Troy, New York {{NewYork-baseball-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bub McAtee
Michael James "Bub" McAtee (March, 1845 – October 18, 1876) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played two seasons in the NAPBBP. He played one season for the Chicago White Stockings (1871) and one for the Troy Haymakers (1872). He was the regular first baseman for both clubs. At the plate he went 65-for-264, for a .246 batting average, with 25 RBIs and 64 runs scored. McAtee died at the age of 31 in his hometown of Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany a ..., from consumption, and is interred at Saint John Cemetery.http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html References External links * Major League Baseball first basemen Troy Haymakers (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Haymakers Seasons
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Çanakkale and about miles east of the Aegean Sea. It is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. In Ancient Greek literature, Troy is portrayed as a powerful kingdom of the Heroic Age, a mythic era when monsters roamed the earth and gods interacted directly with humans. The city was said to have ruled the Troad until the Trojan War led to its complete destruction at the hands of the Greeks. The story of its destruction was one of the cornerstones of Greek mythology and literature, featuring prominently in the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', and referenced in numerous other poems and plays. Its legacy played a large role in Greek society, with many prominent families claiming descent from those who had fought there. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Nelson
John W. "Candy" Nelson (March 14, 1849 – September 4, 1910) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between and for nine teams in three leagues. Biography A native of Maine, Nelson entered professional baseball in Brooklyn in 1867. He made his major league debut in the National Association with the Troy Haymakers in 1872. In 1890, he was the oldest player in the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ... at age 41. A couple of years later, major publications described him as owning a milk route in Brooklyn. On the 1900 U.S. Census, Nelson listed "ball player" for his occupation. He died of heart problems at home in Brooklyn in 1910. Sources * Major League Baseball shortstops Brooklyn Eckfords (NABBP) players New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonney Martin
Alphonse Case "Phonney" Martin (August 4, 1845 – May 24, 1933) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and pitcher who played two seasons in the National Association from to . Career Martin, born in New York City, was an American Civil War veteran who played in organized baseball as far back as 1869, when he pitched for the Brooklyn Eckfords. That year, a reporter for the New York Clipper described him as an "extremely hard pitcher to hit for the ball never comes in a straight line‚ but in a tantalizing curve." If the observation is true, this would pre-date Candy Cummings, the pitcher given credit as the inventor of the curveball. His pitching style led to his nickname of "Old Slow Ball". Martin officially began his professional baseball career when he joined the Troy Haymakers of the National Association as a pitcher and right fielder, playing in 25 games, pitching in eight of those games. Later in the season, he returned to the Eckfords, now also in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve King (baseball)
Stephen F. King (c. 1844 – July 8, 1895) was an American professional baseball player who played in the National Association as a left fielder for the 1871–1872 Troy Haymakers. He was 5' 9" and weighed 175 lb."Steve King Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2011. Career King was born in , in 1844. From 1866 to 1870, he played for a team alternately called the Unions of Lansingburgh and the Haymakers of Troy. Then, the National Association was formed, and King played for the Troy Haymakers team in 1871 and 1872. He was among the better |
Marshall King
Marshall Ney King (December 1849 – October 19, 1911) was an American professional baseball player who played as a center fielder for two seasons in the National Association, from 1871 to 1872. King played for the Chicago White Stockings and Troy Haymakers. He was born in Lansingburgh, New York, and died at the age of 61 in Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany a .... He is interred at Oakwood Cemetery located in Troy. References External links Major League Baseball center fielders Troy Haymakers (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings (NABBP) players Chicago White Stockings players Troy Haymakers players 19th-century baseball players People from Lansingburgh, New York 1849 births 1911 deaths Baseball players from New York (state) Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Gedney
Alfred W. "Count" Gedney (May 10, 1849 – March 26, 1922), was an American professional baseball player. During four seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, to , he played left field for four teams, the Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, New York Mutuals, and Philadelphia Athletics. That service makes Gedney a "major leaguer". In 1870 he had been regular left fielder for the Union club of Morrisania, Bronx Morrisania ( ) is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 161st Street to the south, and Webster Avenue ..., one of fifteen professional teams, in the old Association, during its last season. Sources *Wright, Marshall (2000). ''The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. . Major League Baseball left fielders Morrisania Unions players Troy Haymak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hodes
Charles Hodes (1848 – February 14, 1875) was an American professional baseball player who played as a catcher, infielder, and outfielder in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, National Association for three seasons from 1871 to 1874. A Brooklyn native, Hodes played one season each for the Chicago White Stockings (1870–89), Chicago White Stockings, Troy Haymakers, and Brooklyn Atlantics. He had a career batting average (baseball), batting average of .231 in 63 total games before dying from tuberculosis in 1875. Early life Hodes was born to German immigrants in Manhattan, New York (state), New York, in 1848, though the exact date of his birth is unknown. His family lived in Manhattan until about 1853, when they moved to Brooklyn. There, Hodes would eventually play baseball with multiple amateur teams. Amateur career In 1868, Hodes joined the hometown Brooklyn Eckfords, playing for them in 1869 as well. He moved on to the Chicago White Stockings (1870 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy, New York
Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital District. The city is one of the three major centers for the Albany metropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 1,170,483. At the 2020 census, the population of Troy was 51,401. Troy's motto is ''Ilium fuit, Troja est'', which means "Ilium was, Troy is". Today, Troy is home to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest private engineering and technical university in the US, founded in 1824. It is also home to Emma Willard School, an all-girls high school started by Emma Willard, a women's education activist, who sought to create a school for girls equal to their male counterparts. Due to the confluence of major waterways and a geography that supported water power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy Force
David W. "Davy" Force (July 27, 1849 – June 21, 1918) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1871 through 1886, he played in the National Association with the Washington Olympics (1871), Troy Haymakers (1872), Baltimore Canaries (1872 'end''1873), Chicago White Stockings (1874) and Philadelphia Athletics (1875), and in the National League for the Philadelphia Athletics (1876), New York Mutuals (1876), St. Louis Brown Stockings (1877), Buffalo Bisons (1879–1885) and Washington Nationals (1886). Force batted and threw right-handed. The light-hitting but slick-fielding Force is best known for setting off a National Association contract dispute between two teams. The ensuing rulings prompted William Hulbert to begin organizing the National League. Biography Force was born on July 27, 1849, in New York City. He played for the semiprofessional New York Mutuals before signing with the Washington Olympics of the National Association. Force played in 15 major-league seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bellán
Estevan Enrique "Steve" Bellán (; October 1, 1849 – August 8, 1932), also known as ''Esteban'', was a Cuban-American professional baseball player who played as a third baseman for six seasons in the United States, three in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) from 1868 to , and three in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP) from to . He is credited as the first Latin American born individual to play professional baseball in the USA. The Havana-born Bellán studied at St. John's College in New York City from 1866 to 1868, now known as Fordham University. He joined the school's baseball team, already having learned the game before coming to New York, when American sailors brought the game to Cuba. After graduating in 1868, at age 18, Bellán played one season for the Union of Morrisania, a member of the NABBP, and was part of their national championship team in 1868. He joined the Troy Haymakers in , and continued playing for the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
